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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Sutter County Grand Jury
• 2021-2022
Continuity Implementation Compliance
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Findings 7 findings
F1
Page 15
The County has been lacking in collecting fines from citations for the last three years.
F2
Page 16
The County has understaffed Code Enforcement for the last three years.
F3
Page 17
The County has been negligent in pursuing violations and citations for the last three years.
F4
Page 18
The County has been closing cases without inspecting them with no valid reason given.
F5
Page 18
Some legitimate complaints, possible citations and fines are being ignored.
F6
Page 24
Current plans for development in Sacramento County (not a member of the conservancy) disrupt planned Sutter County development in the Natomas Basin.
F7
Page 29
The County does not have a viable capital improvement fund or plan, even though a majority (65%) of the Sutter County CSAs' C, D and F fire apparatus are outdated and need to be replaced.
Recommendations 6
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R1Page 15The Board of Supervisors require the County to collect or mitigate the outstanding fines before new policies take effect.
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R2Page 16The Board of Supervisors have to hire additional code enforcement officers to adequately address the workload immediately.
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R3Page 17The County Administrator inform the Board of Supervisors of the progress that code enforcement has been making at monthly board meetings starting immediately.
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R4Page 18The County Administration publicly explain why each of the cases were closed without investigation within the next six months and reopen those cases for investigation, if the reason for closure was insufficient.
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R5Page 23The Sutter County Board of Supervisors immediately start proceedings to renegotiate the Conservation Plan with the City of Sacramento and other Plan permittees to remediate the encroachment done by the City and its impact on wildlife in the new plan. Sutter County should include Sacramento County in its negotiations for a comprehensive conservation plan for the Natomas Basin.
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R6Page 24The Sutter County Board of Supervisors direct the county staff to prepare a letter for signatures clarifying their position to both the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento and objecting to development not meeting the Conservation Plan.